10-letter words containing d, a, r, w
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draw poker — a variety of poker in which a player is dealt five cards and, after an initial bet, may discard usually up to three of these cards and receive replacements from the dealer.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw table — a table having one or more sliding leaves that may be drawn out as an extension.
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawbridge — a bridge of which the whole or a section may be drawn up, let down, or drawn aside, to prevent access or to leave a passage open for boats, barges, etc.
- drawing-in — the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drive away — depart in a vehicle
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dwarf door — a door of approximately half normal height, as the lower half of a Dutch door.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- early wood — springwood.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- edward iii — 1312–77, king of England 1327–77 (son of Edward II).
- edward vii — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- enwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enwreathe.